Although many thought that the low temperatures on the Shanghai circuit would favor the Mercedes team, it was not so, Ferrari took the front row for the Chinese Grand Prix by half a second against the Mercedes, so a great race is expected for both pilots. From below Lewis Hamilton would come little by little going up places, as he started from the ninth box on the grid by paying a penalty of five fewer places, for having changed his gearbox.For Hamilton the session was not easy, as he suffered a spin at half the qualifying, which caused his car to enter the pits for review. Bottas was the best for Mercedes, coming out in the 3rd position. After the race, the current champion said that Ferrari's performance in China was "very strange", since it is presented in completely different conditions from last weekend in Bahrain, where the temperatures were opposite.